2025 Subaru Forester review
Subaru has dusted off the STI badge for a new special-edition Forester, but it's not everything it's cracked up to be.
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Max Davies
Subaru Forester vs Tesla Model 3 Comparison
Subaru Forester
Tesla Model 3
2026 Subaru
Forester
vs
2025 Tesla
Model 3
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Driving the family
Off-roading
City drivingFuel Efficiency
63L
391 to 498 km
NA
ANCAP Safety Rating
Warranty
5 year
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4 year
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MSRP
$43,490 - $55,990
$54,900 - $80,900
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CarExpert's Take
Max Davies
Marketplace Journalist
Max Davies drove this car and these were their findings:
Hits
- Quality, premium-leaning interior
- Sportier handling
- STI appears again...
Misses
- ...like this?
- Hardly a special edition
- Dreary CVT
Scott Collie
Contributor
Scott Collie drove this car and these were their findings:
Hits
- Impressive efficiency
- Much improved refinement
- Still sharply priced alongside rivals
Misses
- Camera-based parking is a step backwards
- Touch-based transmission selector is fiddly
- Where's the head-up display?
Colours Available
The 2024 Subaru Forester is available in the following exterior paint colours, depending on the variant:
- Crystal White Pearl
- Ice Silver Metallic
- Brilliant Bronze Metallic
- Crimson Red Pearl
- Autumn Green Metallic
- Horizon Blue Pearl
- Cascade Green Silica
- Magnetite Grey Metallic
- Crystal Black Silica
- Sapphire Blue Pearl
Pearl White Multi-Coat is standard, with the following finishes are optional:
- Solid Black ($1500)
- Deep Blue Metallic ($1500)
- Stealth Grey ($2300)
- Ultra Red ($2600)
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Specs
| Type | ||
| - | - | |
| Size (cc) | ||
| 2498 | - | |
| Size (L) | ||
| 2.5L | - | |
| Cylinders | ||
| 4 | - | |
| Camshaft | ||
| DUAL OVERHEAD CAM | DUAL OVERHEAD CAM | |
| Valves/Ports per Cylinder | ||
| 16 | - | |
| Power | ||
| 136kW - 145kW | 188kW - 343kW | |
| Power RPM | ||
| 5800 | - | |
| Torque | ||
| 247Nm | 350Nm - 681Nm | |
| Torque RPM | ||
| 3700 | - | |
| Bore Stroke | ||
| - | - | |
| Compression Ratio | ||
| - | - | |
